Parents take to streets [theecho.ie]
- Published: 14 October 2010
IN WHAT was one of the largest public protest demonstrations seen in the streets of Enniscorthy, the campaign to highlight local anger at cuts affecting the Autistic/Special Needs unit of a local school kicked off in dramatic style last weekend.
An estimated 300 people, bearing placards and voicing their anger, marched for an hour on a circuitous route at Abbey Square/The Quays on a busy Saturday before halting at the steps of the local Credit Union offices and handing over a public petition to locally-based Opposition TD Paul Kehoe.
‘Save our SNAs’, ‘Special Needs Children Right to Education’ and ‘Cherish all children of the nation equally’ were among the slogans on placards carried by the group, which included parents of autistic and special needs children, family members, friends, neighbours and the general public.
Several members of the local Town Council took part in the march, as did St. Senan’s PS Principal Henry Goff, teachers and other members of the school staff. The Cottage Autism Network countywide body was also in attendance.
Aside from political parades, and isolated events recalled such as one by fishermen some years back, protest marches have been rare enough events in Enniscorthy in recent times.
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